*Mariosex

i have a mega crocroach problem, all around the house, and outside what are some good ways to rid :$?

Dixie_Wrekked

when we moved into our house we had a asimilar problem, we bought bug spray, like a one gallon size. and sprayed it along the floorboards and then a few days to a few weeks later the roaches turned up dead everywhere.

SiN

Ugh. Cockroaches suck.

Call an exterminator, have him come and do his thing, and ask him about prevention.

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Tophat665

Rent "Joe's Apartment".

First time I read this, I thought you meant Cockroach Riding, and figured you must be in Florida.

Actually, the Orkin man is your friend here. If you have a truly heinous roach problem, call in the professionals.

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Ripsaw

Rule 1 : A clean house is less likely to have roaches. Clean up crumbs, spills, grease spots near the stove, pet food on the floor, etc. Take the garbage out regularly.

Rule 2 : Entry points should be identified and sealed, if possible. There is a certain brand of expanding foam that can be used (I forget the name of it, but I have four spare cans of it in my utility closet) to seal the area around pipes and radiators. This will prevent them from coming or going.

Rule 3 : Cabinets or pantries should be sealed up tight. If you have bags of grain, or flour, they should be placed into plastic containers of some kind with a snap top lid. I once made the mistake of having a bag of flour loosely folded over. When I tried to make cookies I got a big surprise. Check the cabinets for cracks or holes, and seal those up. Examine things in the back of the cabinet to see if the package is open. If you can smell anything back there, you can bet the roaches can.

Rule 4 : Take care in which poisons you use, if any. A bomb or fog is simply out of the question in my house. It would settle into the panelling, the furniture, and everything else, and make my house uninhabitable. We use Combat to great effect by placing them in the areas that we used to see the roaches travel.

Without cleaning and sealing up the apartment the bugs will return, even if you call the exterminator.

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EruptiveDreamz

Clean your house . Cockroaches are also attracted to grease and food particals . Anything in your cabinets that is in boxes like ceral and rice.. noodles and stuff like that put into plastic containers. Same thing for mice. Does no good to buy pesticides and stuff if you don't help it out by cleaning up what attracts them. Mice won't chew thru plastic tupperware containers and if they do it kills them so I have heard. It makes it hard for cockroach's to feed if they can't get to the food supply. If you have pets. I put the dogfood and cat food into cleaned out plastic paint buckets. The big ones or get a trashcan with a lid to store pets foods in. It honestly helps. Borax.. I have also in the past laid borax down behind cabinets and stuff where kids can't get into it and it helps to kill cockroaches. I have also heard that dry cement will kill mice. May not get rid of all them .. but it does cut it down signifigantly. They may go to the nieghbors and come back from time to time. I have seen maybe 5 cockroaches since I have moved in here in the 5 years I have lived here. Knocks on wood for luck!

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Crack

Capture one of them and perform a "Staged Execution" so the rest can see. (feel free to be a brutal as you see fit) That should scare the rest away.

Roach 1: "Did you see that shit?"

Roach 2: "Screw that place I am never going back in there, that guy is a freak!"

Roach 3: "Hey Guys, have you seen Crackprogram's house, it's like the mothership is calling us home."

All: Let's Go!

On second thought, feed them lots of butter and sugar, that will get rid of them!

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sapiens

In the past, I have used boric acid powder with some success, but I wouldn't use it now (I have a daughter and a dog).

gonadman

Forget about beheading! In college bio lab we once performed an experiment where we tested shock avoidance learning in roaches with and WITHOUT heads. Damned things don't die easily.

The little bastards will prolly still be here after we're all gone...

(sorry, off topic)

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MSD

And they can survive the radiation after a nuclear war ...

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Call an exterminator. It's wort the extra money to make sure they are really dead. And remember, the old saying goes: "For every cockroach you see, there are a hundred more that you don't see." Recent studies have shown that the ratio is more like 1:1000